Selected Filmography

LeAnn Erickson, Producer/Director: Selected Film/Videography/Media, Selected works/exhibitions

I (heart) Jack LaLanne: A Cartoon Memoir, c. 2022, animated documentary Role: Co-Producer, Writer, Director, Animator, Editor Selected Awards/Screenings

Next Generation Independent Film Awards, Los Angeles CA, October 29, 2023: Finalist- Best film by 50+ filmmaker, Best film by an LBGTQ+ filmmaker
Winner- Audience Award: Feminist Border Arts Festival, Las Cruces NM, June 28, 2023
Winner- Best Short Film: Pride Film Festival, Rehoboth Beach, DE, June 9-11, 2023
Official Selection: Provincetown Film Festival, Massachusetts, June 14-18, 2023
Official Selection: AFX 12, The Animation Festival of Halifax, Canada, May 11-13, 2023
Official Selection: International Frauen Film Festival, Dortmund/Cologne, Germany, April 18-23, 2023
Official Selection: RAI (Royal Anthropological Institute) Film Festival, London, UK, March 1-31, 2023
Premiere screening: 31st Philadelphia Film Festival, Philadelphia PA, October 21/30, 2022

The Computer Wore Heels, c. 2014, interactive ebook
Role: Producer/Writer/Designer

Juried award- Highly Commended, MEDEA Awards 2016, March 10, 2016, Brussels, Belgium
The End(s) of Electronic Literature Conference exhibition, University of Bergen, Bergen Norway, August 5-7, 2015
Emerging Documentary Practices symposium exhibition, Temple University, Philadelphia PA, March 31-April 10, 2015
Winner- Juried award for New Media, University Film and Video Association, August 2014

Top Secret Rosies: The Female Computers of WWII, c. 2010, HD video documentary
TRT 56:40
Role: Producer/Director/Editor
Selected Theatrical/Public Screenings:

Franklin Theater, The Franklin Institute, Philadelphia PA: September 23, 2010
County Theater, Doylestown PA: October 4, 2010
St. Anthony Main Theater, Minneapolis MN: October 6, 2010
Ambler Theater, Ambler PA: Wednesday, October 13, 2010
National WWII Museum, New Orleans LA: November 4, 2010
IEEE History Center, Rutgers University, New Brunswick NJ: November 30, 2010
Temple Performing Arts Center, Temple University, Philadelphia PA: February 22, 2011
Bryn Mawr Film Institute, Bryn Mawr PA: March 2, 2011
Computer History Museum, Mountain View CA: March 6, 2011
Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute, Hunter College, NYC: March 17, 2011
Apple Inc. Headquarters, Cupertino, CA: March 24, 2011
Girl Geeks Bergen, Bergen Public Library, Bergen, NORWAY: May 10, 2011
Balticon Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention, Baltimore, MD: May 28 and 30, 2011
Raytheon Corporation and the Hanson Film Institute, Tucson, AZ: November 18, 2011
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA: November 16, 2012
National Museum of Mathematics, NY, NY: May 11, 2013
Comcast Center, Philadelphia, PA: March 20.2013
SWE National Conference, Baltimore, MD: October 26, 2013
Fleur Cinema and Cafe, Des Moines, IA: March 27, 2014

Folk Songs, c. 2007, documentary, 12:20
Role: Producer/Director/Editor/Cinematographer
Selected Juried Festivals/Screenings

Chronograph International Documentary Festival, Chisinau, Moldova, May 15-19, 2008
35th Athens International Film and Video Festival,Athens OH, April 25-May 1, 2008
12th Sofia International Film Festival, Sofia, Bulgaria, March 6-16, 2008
Dallas Video Festival, Dallas TX, July 31-August 5, 2007
Provincetown International Film Festival, Provincetown, MA, June 13-17, 2007
14th annual Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, Toronto, Canada, April 20-29, 2007
Philadelphia Film Festival, Fest of Independents, Philadelphia PA, April 9, 2007

Everybody Promenade, c. 2007, video documentary, 26:40
Role: Co-Producer/Director/Co-Videographer
Broadcast:
RFDTV, cable channel on the Dish and Direct TV networks, Nashville TN, February 2007
Juried Festivals/Screenings:

Winner: Audience Award, da Vinci Film Festival, Corvallis, OR, July 20-22, 2007
Finalist-Best Documentary: Bare Bones Film and Video Festival, Muskogee, OK, April 23-29, 2007
Max Allen Collins Film Expo, Waterloo Center for the Arts, Waterloo, IA
September 21-22, 2007.
Crested Butte Reel Fest, Crested Butte, CO, August 8-12, 2007
Free Range Film Festival, Wrenshall, MN, July 27-28, 2007
Wisconsin Film Festival, Madison, WI, April 12-15 2007

interference, c. 2005, computer animation, 3:48
Role: complete creative control/production- picture and sound
Broadcast:

MOOV cable channel, Jackhammer Productions, North American broadcast, airdate- April, 2005
The Education Channel, Tampa, Fl, cable broadcast, September 18, 2005

Juried Festivals/Screenings:

The Independent Film Festival. Tampa, FL July 2005.
Crested Butte Reel Fest, Crested Butte, CO August 2005

Neighbor Ladies, c. 2005, video documentary, 53 minutes
Role: LeAnn Erickson, producer/director/editor
Juried Festivals/Screenings:

The Independent Film Festival, Tampa, FL, July, 2005
Crested Butte Reel Fest, Crested Butte, CO August.

Broadcast:

Philadelphia Stories, WYBE public television broadcast, spring 2006.
The Education Channel, Tampa, FL, cable broadcast, September 23, 2005.

Public Screenings:

Phoenix Museum of Art, included in exhibition “Big City”, March 12, 2006.
Echo Park Film Center, Los Angeles, CA February 25, 2005
Hagan Auditorium, Philadelphia, PA January 4, 2005
Temple University, Philadelphia, PA December 7, 2004

Fun Days with Jake, c. 2002, computer animation, 3:15
Role: complete creative control/production
Awards:

Best Young Animation category nominee: Danville International Children’s Film Festival, Danville, CA May 21-23, 2004
Winner: Best Animation category: The Education Channel Independent Film Festival, July 2002 festival and broadcast. Tampa, FL.

Selected Juried Festivals/Screenings:

Central Standard Film Festival, IFP MSP, Minneapolis, MN.,Sept 17-21, 2003.
Women’s Film Festival in Seoul, Seoul, South Korea, April 11-18, 2003.
Cine-World Film Festival, Sarasota, FL, November 9, 2002.
32nd ROSHD International Film Festival, Tehran, Iran, Oct26-November 1, 2002.
Feminale, the 11th International Women’s Film Festival-Cologne GR Oct 2-6, 2002
AL-JANA Children’s Festival, Arab Resource Center, Beirut, Lebanon, October 2002.
5th Auburn International Film Festival for Children and Young Adults, Sydney, Australia, September 23-28, 2002.
DIVERCINE 2002, 11th International Film Festival for Children and Young People, July 8-19, 2002, Montevideo, Uruguay.
DC Independent Film Festival and Market, March 2002.

bees, a documentary, c. 2001, computer animation, 36 seconds
Role: complete creative control/production
Selected Juried Festivals/Screenings:

Women’s Film Festival in Seoul, Seoul, South Korea, April 11-18, 2003.
Festival Internacional de Cine de Cartagena, Cartagena, Columbia, October 6, 2002.
AL-JANA Children’s Festival, Arab Resource Center, Beirut, Lebanon, October 2002.
5th Auburn International Film Festival for Children and Young Adults, Sydney, Australia, September 23-28, 2002.
International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Germany, May 2002.
DC Independent Film Festival and Market, March 2002.
da Vinci Film and Video Festival, Corvallis, OR, July 2001.

hours, minutes, seconds, frame, c.1999, experimental video, 6 minutes
Role: complete creative control/production
Awards:

Best Experimental: DaVinci Film and Video Festival, Corvalis, OR-July 15-17, 2000
Gold Medal, Experimental category: Crested Butte Reel Fest, Colorado. Aug 12-15, 1999.
The Education Channel, July 2001 winner Professional category-short films, Florida

National Broadcast:

The Independent Film Channel Broadcast, August 2000 airdate: Bravo network

Selected Juried Festivals/Screenings:

da Vinci Film and Video festival, Corvallis OR, Best of Fest, July 2005
3rd Annual Vancouver Videopoem Festival, Vancouver, BC, November 8-12, 2001.
14th Annual Dallas Video Festival, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX, March 2001.
12 to 12 Film and Video Marathon, Art in General, New York, NY- January 13, 2001.
Docside Film Festival, Documentary Film Project, San Antonio, TX, October 2000
Festival de Artes International festival of video art, Macau, March 23, 2000.
L’immagine Leggera: International Competition of Videoart and Experimental Film, Palermo, Italy, March 9-12.
Women in the Director’s Chair, Chicago, IL, March, 2000.
Microwave Festival 2000, International Festival of Video Art, Hong Kong, Jan 2000.

People’s Stuff, c. 1991, video documentary, 23 minutes
Role: complete creative control/production
Solicited Screenings:

Center for Creative Work, San Francisco CA, May 18, 1995.
Pacific Film Archives, San Francisco, CA, January 18, 1995.

Public Television Broadcasts:

Prairie Filmmakers VI, Prairie Public TV, Fargo, ND-September 1994.
MNTV IV Film and Video Festival, MN Public TV- October 17, 1993 and WI Public TV, October 18, 1993.

Juried Screenings/Festivals:

Slice of Life Film and Video Festival, Documentary Resource Center, Lemont PA-May 1994.
Continental Divide Music and Film Festival, NY Mills MN, August, 1993.
Lacrosse Video Festival, Pump House Regional Center for the Arts, Lacrosse WI April 1993.
Included in Film in the Cities three-state tour: Minneapolis, MN-December 10, 1992; Milwaukee, WI-Feb.18, 1993; Iowa City, IA-February 26, 1993.

Hello from Grandma, c. 1987, experimental video, 5 minutes
Role: complete creative control/production
Juried Screenings/Festivals:

Behind the Lens: Women Filmmakers, Women in Transition, Philadelphia, PA, March 14, 2001.
Mistory Tales: Tracking Identity, Reel Time at P.S. 122: media gallery, New York, NY. November 17, 1993.